Contents: 1. Basic Concepts I : Contemporary maternal-newborn care -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Conception and fetal development -- 2. Women: The Reproductive years -- Women's health care -- Families with special reproductive concerns -- Preparation for parenthood -- 3. Pregnancy and the family: Physiological and psychological changes of pregnancy -- Antepartal nursing assessment -- The Expectant family: needs and care -- Adolescent pregnancy -- Maternal nutrition -- Pregnancy at Risk: pregestational problems – pregnancy at risk: gestational onset -- Assessment of fetal well-being -- 4. Birth and the family: Processes and Stages of Labor and Birth -- Intrapartal Nursing Assessment -- The Family in childbirth: needs and care -- Maternal analgesia and anesthesia -- Childbirth at risk -- Birth-related procedures – 5.The Newborn: The Physiologic Responses of the Newborn to Birth -- Nursing assessment of the newborn – Normal newborn: needs and care -- Newborn nutrition -- The Newborn at risk: conditions present at birth -- The Newborn at risk: birth-related stressors – 6. Postpartum: Postpartal adaptation and nursing assessment -- The Postpartal family: needs and care -- Home care of the postpartal family -- The Postpartal family at risk --